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James Little
Ex Pluribus Unum
American Dreamers Denied, 2011
Oil and wax on canvas
72.50 x 94 inches
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Born in Memphis, TN
Lives and works in New York City |
Education |
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1976 |
MFA, Syracuse
University (Fellow) , Syracuse, NY |
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1974 |
BFA, Memphis Academy
of Art, Memphis, TN |
Solo Exhibitions |
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2011 |
Ex Pluribus Unum:
New Paintings, with essay by Mario Naves, June Kelly Gallery,
New York |
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2009 |
De-Classified,
June Kelly Gallery, New York |
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2007 |
James Little:
Untold Stories, Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston, TX;
catalogue |
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2005 |
Reaching for the
Sky, G. R. N’Namdi Gallery, New York; catalogue |
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2003 |
Beyond Geometry:
New Paintings, L.I.C.K. Ltd. Fine Art, Long Island City, NY |
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1995 |
Recent Abstract
Paintings, Kenkeleba Gallery, New York |
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1992 |
James Little:
Selected Works from the Past Decade, Lubin House Gallery, Syracuse
University, New York
James Little: Ovals and Arbitration Paintings, Sid Deutsch
Gallery, New York |
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1989 |
James Little:
Recent Paintings, The Christian Science Church, Boston, MA |
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1988 |
New York to
Memphis, Alice Bingham Gallery, Memphis, TN
New Paintings, June Kelly Gallery, New York |
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1987 |
New Paintings,
Liz Harris Gallery, Boston, MA |
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1985 |
James Little:
Format Paintings, Harris Brown Gallery, Boston, MA |
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1982 |
Recent Oil
Paintings, Alternative Museum, New York |
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1976 |
Paintings by James
Little, curated by Ronald Kuchta, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse,
NY |
Group Exhibitions |
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2010 |
Abstract Relations,
collaboration between the David C. Driskell Center, University of
Maryland and the University of
Delaware Museums, co-curators Dr. Julie L. McGee
and Dr. Adrienne L. Childs,
University of Delaware, Mechanical Hall Gallery,
Mineralogical Museum, Newark, DE
It’s A Wonderful 10th, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
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2008 |
Shape Shifters:
New York Painters, The A.D. Gallery, University of North Carolina at
Pembroke; catalogue |
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2006 |
The 181st Annual
Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National
Academy of Design, New York; catalogue
Neo-Plastic Redux, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York |
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2005 |
Different Ways of
Seeing: The Expanding World of Abstraction,
The Noyes Museum of Contemporary Art, Oceanville, NJ
Optical Stimulations: American Abstract Artists, Yellow Bird
Gallery, Newburgh, NY
50 Plus, Holland Tunnel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Raising the Bar: James Little and Thornton Willis, Sideshow
Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
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2004 |
Seeds and Roots:
Selections from the Permanent Collection, The Studio Museum in
Harlem,
New York
A Century of African American Art: The Paul R. Jones Collection,
University of Delaware,
Newark, DE
Abstract Identity, Pelham Art Center, NY |
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2003 |
Theories: Abstract
New York, Roger Ramsay Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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2002 |
No Greater Love,
Abstraction, Jack Tilton/Anna Kustera Gallery, New York
Ajita – Unconquerable, The Station, Houston, TX; catalogue
500 Works on Paper, Gary Snyder Fine Art, New York
Amplified Abstraction, Chapel, Plantage, Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam,
Holland |
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2001 |
Painted in New
York City: Viewpoints of Recent Developments in Abstract Painting,
Hofstra
Museum, Hofstra University, Hempstead,
NY; catalogue
Dialog and Discourse, Dolan Center Gallery, Friends Academy,
Locust Valley, NY |
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2000 |
Significant
Pursuits: Paint and Geometry, Smack Mellon Studios, Brooklyn, NY
Straight Painting, The Painting Center, New York |
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1999 |
Straight No Chaser,
The Puffin Room, The Puffin Foundation, New York
The Art of Absolute Desire, 450 Broadway, New York
The Power of Drawing, Westbeth Gallery, New York |
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1998 |
New Directions
‘98’ 14th Annual National Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Duchess
County Art
Association, Barrett Art Center,
Poughkeepsie, NY
New York Eight, Luise Ross Gallery, New York
Works On, With and Made Out of Paper, Sideshow 195, Brooklyn, NY
The African-American Fine Arts Collection of the New Jersey State
Museum, New Jersey State
Museum, Trenton, NJ
Postcards from Black America, curated by Rob Perrée, De Beyerd,
Center for
Contemporary Art in Breda, Netherlands,
and the Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem,
Netherlands; catalogue
Tenth Anniversary Exhibit: Arts in the Park, Then and Now,
Memphis Arts Festival,
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, TN
de leugenaars/the liars (I) Helder en Verzadigd Clear and Saturated,
Arti et Amicitiae,
Amsterdam, Holland
Color, Matter, Energy, Galerie Maria Chailloux, Hogeschool van
Amsterdam, Holland |
Museum and Corporate Collections |
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Everson Museum of
Art, Syracuse, NJ
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
State University of New York, Albany, NY
Memphis Academy of Art, TN
Maatschappij Arti Et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, Holland
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
AT&T, New York and Florida
Gucci Corporation, Boston, MA
Mutual of New York Assurance Company, New York
Occidental Petroleum Company, Aberdeen, Scotland
Phillips/Schwab Inc., New York
SandRidge Energy Inc., Oklahoma City, OK
Sherbourne, Powers and Needham, Inc., Boston, MA
Stephen Mallory Associates, New York
Veryss Corporation, Boston, MA
The Twentieth Century Fund, New York
U.N.C. Ventures, Boston, MA
Brandon Fraad Collection, New York
Rex Auchincloss Collection, New York
The Paul Jones Collection, Atlanta, GA
James and Ann Harithas Collection, Houston, TX |
Awards and Honors |
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2009 |
Joan Mitchell
Foundation Award in Painting, New York |
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2000 |
Pollock-Krasner
Award, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York |
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1997 |
Honorarium, New
Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
Honorarium, Columbia College, Chicago, IL |
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1994 |
Honorarium, The
Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN |
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1992 |
Honorarium, Center
for the Performing and Visual Arts, Inc., Jamaica, NY |
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1987 |
Artist-in-Residence
Fellowship, Printmaking Workshop, New York |
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1983 |
Honorarium, Brooks
Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis, TN
Honorarium, Memphis Academy of Art, Memphis, TN |
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1981 |
Creative Artists
Public Service Grant, New York State, New York |
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1975 |
Marion Jones
Fellowship, Syracuse University, NY |
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1974 |
Afro-American Studies
Fellowship, Syracuse University, NY
Honorarium, Southwestern University, Memphis, TN |
Membership |
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American Abstract
Artists |
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